Java problem

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 15:04 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote:
> >> Actually, Sun's Java is very easy to install and configure on both 32 
> >> and 64 bit.  The only real problem is the lack of a 64bit browser 
> >> plugin and as far as I can tell nspluginwrapper doesn't work with the 
> >> 32bit version.
> >> 
> >> I did a short page on how to set up Sun's Java on F8;
> >> 
> >> http://www.knutejohnson.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
> >----
> >I agree with the following notations...
> >
> >you should probably install the compat-libstdc++-33 PRIOR to installing
> >the Sun JRE/JDK shouldn't you? If you do a 'yum localinstall
> >jre/jdk-VERSION' it will automatically install requisite packages such
> >as the compaat-libstdc++-33
> 
> I works if you do it after, I never tried before.
> 
> >Your notations don't provide methodologies for setting
> >JAVA_HOME/JRE_HOME/CLASSPATH environment variables which are necessary
> >for virtually everything other than the java web browser plugin. This of
> >course was the crux of the OP - java's bin isn't installed in a users
> >$PATH.
> 
> If you use the JPackage none of that is required.  In fact setting 
> the CLASSPATH is almost never required in any installation.
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docbook-XSL for xalan/xerces/fop etc. Otherwise, you have to locate them
with each call.

Probably others too...

Craig